Topps 30 Years of Toy Story Hobby Boxes Flip for Over $500

And another restock might be on the way

Topps 2025 Toy Story Hobby Box
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By RC Staff

Key Points

  • Hobby boxes retailed for $210 through Topps’ EQL raffle platform on both April 7 and May 6

  • Boxes are currently reselling for around $500 on eBay, with sealed cases fetching close to $6,000

  • Both drops were EQL raffles, meaning entry was free and open to anyone willing to spend five minutes

To celebrate 30 years of Toy Story, Topps churned out a limited edition trading card collection featuring Woody, Buzz, Mr Potato Head, and plenty more. The cards were sold through two EQL raffles, with tens of thousands of collectors competing over a small number of boxes. With the raffles closed, those boxes have hit eBay for more than double what Topps was charging.

Topps 2025 Toy Story Collection

Topps dropped their 30 Years of Toy Story hobby boxes to mark three decades since the original Pixar film hit theaters in November 1995. The set is built around a 100-card base set spanning all four Toy Story films, with Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy’s crew represented throughout. Every hobby box contains 8 packs of 4 cards, with guaranteed pulls including one autograph or sketch card and four numbered parallels per box.

The high-end hits are what make this set worth chasing as a collector. Autograph cards feature signatures from Tom Hanks and Tim Allen alongside other franchise voice actors including Whoopi Goldberg, Kelsey Grammer, Mel Brooks, and Christina Hendricks.

Sketch cards hand-drawn by Pixar animators add another layer of chase appeal. Limited inserts like Andy’s Cards Shadowbox and The Claw Shadowbox are each numbered to just 20 copies, and the Sid Has Your Cards die-cuts are among the rarest pulls in the set with only 5 copies of each of the 10 designs.

Toy Story Topps Trading Cards Autograph

The packaging itself is designed to look like a covered wagon, which is a nice touch for a 30th anniversary product built around the franchise that started everything for Pixar. This isn’t just any licensed card set slapped together to capitalize on an IP. Topps put real thought into the design, and collectors have noticed.

Both drops ran through EQL, Topps’ raffle-based launch platform designed to slow down bots and keep things fair. Entry is free and open to anyone. The April 7 presale priced hobby boxes at $209.99. The May 6 restock held the same price for raffle winners.

Topps Toy Story Hobby Boxes Resell

Hobby boxes from both drops are currently selling in the $490 to $510 range on eBay, with sold listings confirming consistent demand. That puts the profit on a single box at roughly $290 before fees. After eBay’s 13% cut, you’re looking at a net profit around $225 per box.

Not life-changing on a single unit, but for five minutes of raffle entry with zero risk of losing money on a bad buy decision, that’s a strong return.

Topps Toy Story Cards for Sale

Cases are where it gets more interesting. Sealed 12-box cases are moving for approximately $6,000 on the secondary market. At a retail cost of around $2,520 for a full case, that’s a profit margin over $3,000 before fees on a single case win. Case winners are eating well.

It’s worth noting that Topps sells these as final sale, no refunds. That matters for cases more than individual boxes, since you’re committing real capital. If you win a case allocation in a future raffle and the market shifts, you’re holding the bag. Given the consistent secondary market performance across two separate drops, that risk looks manageable, but it’s real.

A third restock is the main risk to current prices. More supply means more boxes hitting the secondary market, which could push prices down from their current range. That said, two successful sell-outs suggests Topps has calibrated supply to demand reasonably well. A third drop would likely find the same response.

Bottom Line

Both drops were essentially free money for anyone who entered the EQL raffle and won. The math on a single box is a clean $225 or so in net profit, and case winners are looking at life-changing numbers on a single allocation.

Prices should hold near current levels through the rest of May. There’s no obvious catalyst to push them higher, but demand from collectors who missed both EQL windows will keep a floor under the market.

If Topps runs a third restock in June, enter without hesitation. The five minutes it takes to enter an EQL raffle is about as low-effort as reselling gets, and this set has now proven twice over that the secondary market is there. Watch the Topps launches page for any future restock announcements. Just remember these are final sale, so if you win a case and the market moves, you’re committed.

 

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